American artist Charles Frederick Ulrich (1858–1908) was inspired to paint this scene of Muranese glassblowers around 1886 after he visited the island of Murano...
American artist Charles Frederick Ulrich (1858–1908) was inspired to paint this scene of Muranese glassblowers around 1886 after he visited the island of Murano...
American artist Charles Frederick Ulrich (1858–1908) was inspired to paint this scene of Muranese glassblowers around 1886 after he visited the island of Murano...
Emperors of Constantinople Hired Viking Mercenaries as Guards.
Emperors of Constantinople and their Varangian Guard had a complex relationship, and their curious partnership came from...
Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)
"Let there be less suffering...
give us the sense to live on what we need."
From Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (approximately lines 381-382), translated...
Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE)
"My gift
Is poetry, the praise
Of beautiful girls. I can make them immortal. Fine dresses,
Jewelry, gold, all perish. But the fame
Bestowed by...